Shock and Awe
Even Daphne sensed she had gone too far with the towel prank on Velma. Velma wouldn't speak to her for much of the week; Fred gave her the cold shoulder that day as did Shaggy for a couple of days. But as time went by relationships slowly thawed again and soon things were back to how they had been. Daphne was glad as Velma had finally perfected the ultimate doughnut. One unexpected benefit of Shaggy and Velma's relationship was that Velma's cooking had improved immeasurably; when it came to sweet pastries she even out did Shaggy as she had the self-control not to eat everything before it was ready.
Daphne sat on her bed; hot coffee made from freshly ground beans sat in an insulated mug, only a fool would rush this coffee and doughnut moment. Daphne held up the plate and studied the doughnut. It was the crispiest she had ever seen; it almost had a crispy-crumb coating on it. One of the secrets to these pasties that the filling was itself encased in a thin mini-doughnut shell, allowing the consumer to isolate just that part but have no clue to what was inside. Daphne wondered what was the filling was this time, last week it had been plain chocolate, even now the memory of that caused a shiver of pleasure run down her spine. The outside of that doughnut had been like glass, with 3 kinds of sugar sprinkled over it. The sensual build-up of the tastes and textures of the doughnut contrasted with the bitter plain chocolate filling of the centre had led her make so much nose that Fred had rushed in to see what was going on. She smiled remembering the colour Velma had gone when she had told her that to date only Fred had been able to make her moan with pleasure like that. Slowly she began to eat her way towards the crispy centre and the filling. This one had little crunchy cinnamon sugar clusters throughout the mixture, each exploded in her mouth like popping candy. Somehow they became more concentrated the closer she got to the centre, the self-control she needed to stop herself scoffing the whole thing in one go was the most delicious torture she had ever experienced. Finally she held the last piece of doughnut containing the filling between her teeth; she closed her lips and gently squeezed the piece with her teeth causing it filling to leak out into her mouth and over her tongue…
Daphne's screams could be heard throughout the house followed by an eerie silence.
Five minutes later Daphne walked rigidly down the stairs, her make-up was running down her red and swollen face, her hair was straggly and unkempt, she was drenched in sweat and her eyes were bulging and watery. She walked over and grabbed Velma by the jumper and pulled her up.
"Do you know anything about the doughnut filled with 5 Skull Fire Sauce Dinkley?"
Velma waffed away the smell of Daphne's breath "Now we're even. That's for making me run about outside for ages wearing nothing but a small towel and for posting all those pictures of me and Shaggy making-out on . Promise me that you will stop these practical jokes or… no more doughnuts."
Daphne sagged in defeat, she knew she was beaten, with the doughnuts Velma held the trump card "Yes, sorry Velma, I just got carried away, I didn't mean for things to get out of hand. I just couldn't stop myself."
"You're forgiven Daph, let's get something to make you feel better." Velma led Daphne to the kitchen and passed her an air tight container with two doughnuts inside "Just as you like them, the plainest chocolate I could find."
Daphne ran upstairs squeaking with happiness and locked herself in the room.
Early evening saw Shaggy and Velma by the door with their coats on and overnight bags in hand; Scooby was already outside.
"We're off to my parents for the night, we'll see you round at their place tomorrow lunch time" said Shaggy. Shaggy carried the bags out the door towards the car with Scooby following, just as she was about to follow Velma was stopped by Daphne.
"Freddie had brought some nice vanilla ice-cream is there?" Daphne asked expectantly.
"There's some extra filling in the 'fridge for you and Fred to share. Don't forget to warm it up first, Shaggy and I find its best enjoyed at body temperature" Velma winked knowingly at Daphne who went scarlet.
Velma virtually skipped out the house, revenge at last she thought, revenge for all the times she had been embarrassed by Daphne's innuendo, revenge for having to sit through the tales of what she and Fred got up and revenge and for all the interference, no matter how well meant, in her and Shaggy's relationship. Velma had never seen Daphne go that colour before. Revenge did taste of plain chocolate, preferably at body temperature.
(A/N The doughnut idea is based on an old 3 panel Garfield cartoon strip where Jon made a spinach filled doughnut to get revenge on Garfield for eating all the doughnuts he had previously made.)
